Curtain rod



C. P. HENRY AND P. HARMER.

' CURTAIN Ron.

APPLICATION- FILED JUNE 5. I922.

1,438,490. Patented Dee. 12,1922.

INVENToRs. 0? wd -BY fm2/5mm A ATTORNEYS.

CHARLES P. EIEIEQ',

SLND, .LSSEGNGRS T JEES N. HENRY, 03? P-QVDENCE, RHDE. ISLAND, DOING F PR'VDENCE, ABU) PERCY HARBGER, OF CRANSTON, RHODE Application le June 5, 19222.

Providence and yGrens in county oi lroifidence and Q e oi hode lsland, have invei'itcd cer 'n ne an n iullinnroveniente in Curtain llods, or i-.rnloh the following :i "ignition,

in e ion rei .in rods and is. and has .tor essential objects `the avoidance `oi nse oi' ttaching screws; iiiconspicii-iusness of the ttaching n'leans; th pre-vennen ot accidcn Y the rod troni the hr; y .ifi-:l the attainment of ends in a solder-less, siinple and inexpensive construction.

To the above ends essentially our invention consists in such parts andY in such cornbinations ci" parts as within the scope of the append-ed clainis.

the accompanying drawings oai-t of this speeiiication,

Y is a plan view of our on .in rod npliod to the top oi" window which "Y le..

ieYT or a hraclret ane the adjacent por the curtain rod,

i' elevation oi' the eiaclr;a O n on line il---Li of Fioure www )A V*p n fr" I j: i o n 04T .li igure L ation oi no 3i ac Los.

A) 1 1. Like i naracters indicate nire parts tlironchont the views. The curr..v n rod o this ins' oi t hollow telescoping` type coni'` l tions 7 7 oi resilient mateiiV and longitudinal at 8 throughout tlielr lengths,

Lportions disposed i* ons and i wall (,ll disposed peiiorations l0. tiernities of the tribal-ar se the peit'orations l0 are rc ne L torniing; annular internal shoulders 13 within the rod adjacent the periiorations. rllhe caps and rod ends are yielding id resilient.

The brackets each comprise in a single piece orn thin metal a. vertical body or plate lll provided with a rearwardly directed flange l5 upon its upper end disposed at right angles to the body lll and having upon i. the rod peri Serial No. 565,39).

its rear end depending pointed projections intermediate portion oil the body lil is an upwardly ceoted hooi; 20, below which downwardly and outwardly inclined 2i also cut and bent from the mate- `he hody lll.

i end ofthe rod is attachable to the as follows. The hook 20 passes into 7 which is initially held at an angle nd projects upwardly loosely through the 3er off the holes l0. rlhe rod 7 is then pi assed downward so that the cap l2 is ssed against theend of the linger 22. The ding character oit the cap l2 and end of it these portions to expand nnder the pressure exerted by the linger, and the latter beyond the shoulder 13 when the rod reaches its final horizontal position.

rlhe brackets are applied to a door sash oi' casing 24 by pounding'the extensions l5 with an implement, and thus :torce the projections 16 downwardly into the wood of thev sash in the npper surface of the latter, thus avoiding` the nse of attaching ineens.

l. rlhe combination of a hollow yieldable curtain rod, a yielding annular cap Xed to the end ci" the roi., said rod being provided with perforation adjacent the cap, a supper plate7 a hook on the plate within the rod extendah e through the perforation, and a carved downwardly and outwardly projecting linger on the plate below the hook adapted to expand the cap as it enters the rod.

2. As an irnproved article of manufacture, a curtain rod bracket, comprising in one integral element a vertical plate with a rearwardly-directed 'flange at its upper end hav inlog` depending pointed prongs spaced from said plate, plate having stamped therefrom an upwardly-directed hoolr and a flat downwardly outwardly inclined finger beneath the saine both extending from the same side of the plate.

ln testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures.

CHARLES l). HENRY. PERCY HARMER.

oneir outer edges with inclined teeth or pro. ections l?. Cut and bent troni the material 

